American scientist Matt Miller is torn from his own century and dropped into Colonial America with nothing except a backpack. His phone, his money, and his identity are all useless and he quickly finds that he is foreign and alone in his own country. Matt must meet the challenge to survive in a newly forming society where he seemingly has no relevant skills and no one he can count on. He suspects that his 21st century knowledge of science and technology could make him a king in the New World, but he quickly finds that 18th-century America is a dynamic place where nothing is guaranteed.

4 out of 5 stars

Please hire an audio person

By
Max
on
12-31-18

Virginian

Matt Miller in the Colonies, Book Three

By:
Mark J. Rose

Narrated by:
Mark J. Rose

Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
36

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
33

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
33

Twenty-first-century scientist Matt Miller has achieved success beyond his wildest dreams in the American colonies. He’s become a wealthy businessman and politician, with a beautiful wife and family, but the American Revolution looms on the horizon. When a prominent British leader mysteriously disappears, Ben Franklin summons Matt to London to help investigate the involvement of Patrick Ferguson, a man whose ambitions are to change the future. Unknown to them all, another time traveler, with separate motivations, will join them in a struggle....

1 out of 5 stars

horrible narration.

By
Amazon Customer
on
08-30-19

The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver

Middle Falls Time Travel series, Book 1

By:
Shawn Inmon

Narrated by:
Johnny Heller

Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
361

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
352

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
352

All Thomas Weaver wanted was death. What he got was time travel. Thomas Weaver, haunted by a teenage tragedy, lived a wasted life. He closed his eyes for what he believed was the last time in 2016, but opened them again in his teenage bedroom and body in 1976. Now a middle-aged man in his teenage body, he sets out to fix everything he did wrong in his first life. A budding serial killer in home room, a possible new romance, and high school algebra complicate his plans. What would you do, if you could do it all again?

5 out of 5 stars

Familiar Premise, but Superb !! Great Performance.

By
C. Hartmann
on
05-06-18

Cast Under an Alien Sun

Destiny's Crucible, Book 1

By:
Olan Thorensen

Narrated by:
Jonathan Davis

Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,383

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,188

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,191

Joe Colsco boarded a flight from San Francisco to Chicago to attend a national chemistry meeting. He would never set foot on Earth again. On planet Anyar, Joe is found unconscious on a beach of a large island inhabited by humans where the level of technology is similar to Earth circa 1700. He awakes amid strangers speaking an unintelligible language and struggles to accept losing his previous life and finding a place in a society with different customs, needing a way to support himself and not knowing a single soul.

4 out of 5 stars

Slowly we turn, step by step, inch by inch...

By
Ron
on
09-18-17

The Dream of the Iron Dragon

An Alternate History Viking Epic (Saga of the Iron Dragon, Book 1)

By:
Robert Kroese

Narrated by:
J. D. Ledford

Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
147

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
134

Story

4 out of 5 stars
136

In the 23rd century, humanity has been hunted to the verge of extinction by an alien race. When an exploratory ship accidentally travels back in time to Viking-age Scandinavia, the human race is given a second chance. Pursued by the power-hungry King Harald, the four surviving crew members join a ragtag band of Vikings as they pillage their way across Europe. To save humanity, they must somehow return to the stars. Thus begins a decades-long effort to teach the Vikings to build a craft capable of reaching space - a ship that will come to be known as the Iron Dragon.

5 out of 5 stars

Huge Kroese fan. I approve.

By
clayton p michaud
on
08-17-18

Odd Billy Todd

By:
N.C. Reed

Narrated by:
Christopher Lane

Length: 25 hrs and 17 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
489

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
468

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
467

Billy Todd has always been different. Most people called him odd, and those were the nice people. Though he was born with a learning disability, Billy's parents never allowed him to consider himself disabled. Raised to be self-sufficient, Billy might not be as smart as some, but he was a lot smarter than people realized.

5 out of 5 stars

Amazing - Can't Stop Listening!

By
Jeff Morrison
on
07-17-19

Journeyman

Matt Miller in the Colonies Series, Book One

By:
Mark J. Rose

Narrated by:
Mark J. Rose

Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
246

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
231

Story

4 out of 5 stars
232

American scientist Matt Miller is torn from his own century and dropped into Colonial America with nothing except a backpack. His phone, his money, and his identity are all useless and he quickly finds that he is foreign and alone in his own country. Matt must meet the challenge to survive in a newly forming society where he seemingly has no relevant skills and no one he can count on. He suspects that his 21st century knowledge of science and technology could make him a king in the New World, but he quickly finds that 18th-century America is a dynamic place where nothing is guaranteed.

4 out of 5 stars

Please hire an audio person

By
Max
on
12-31-18

Virginian

Matt Miller in the Colonies, Book Three

By:
Mark J. Rose

Narrated by:
Mark J. Rose

Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
36

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
33

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
33

Twenty-first-century scientist Matt Miller has achieved success beyond his wildest dreams in the American colonies. He’s become a wealthy businessman and politician, with a beautiful wife and family, but the American Revolution looms on the horizon. When a prominent British leader mysteriously disappears, Ben Franklin summons Matt to London to help investigate the involvement of Patrick Ferguson, a man whose ambitions are to change the future. Unknown to them all, another time traveler, with separate motivations, will join them in a struggle....

1 out of 5 stars

horrible narration.

By
Amazon Customer
on
08-30-19

The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver

Middle Falls Time Travel series, Book 1

By:
Shawn Inmon

Narrated by:
Johnny Heller

Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
361

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
352

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
352

All Thomas Weaver wanted was death. What he got was time travel. Thomas Weaver, haunted by a teenage tragedy, lived a wasted life. He closed his eyes for what he believed was the last time in 2016, but opened them again in his teenage bedroom and body in 1976. Now a middle-aged man in his teenage body, he sets out to fix everything he did wrong in his first life. A budding serial killer in home room, a possible new romance, and high school algebra complicate his plans. What would you do, if you could do it all again?

5 out of 5 stars

Familiar Premise, but Superb !! Great Performance.

By
C. Hartmann
on
05-06-18

Cast Under an Alien Sun

Destiny's Crucible, Book 1

By:
Olan Thorensen

Narrated by:
Jonathan Davis

Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,383

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,188

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,191

Joe Colsco boarded a flight from San Francisco to Chicago to attend a national chemistry meeting. He would never set foot on Earth again. On planet Anyar, Joe is found unconscious on a beach of a large island inhabited by humans where the level of technology is similar to Earth circa 1700. He awakes amid strangers speaking an unintelligible language and struggles to accept losing his previous life and finding a place in a society with different customs, needing a way to support himself and not knowing a single soul.

4 out of 5 stars

Slowly we turn, step by step, inch by inch...

By
Ron
on
09-18-17

The Dream of the Iron Dragon

An Alternate History Viking Epic (Saga of the Iron Dragon, Book 1)

By:
Robert Kroese

Narrated by:
J. D. Ledford

Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
147

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
134

Story

4 out of 5 stars
136

In the 23rd century, humanity has been hunted to the verge of extinction by an alien race. When an exploratory ship accidentally travels back in time to Viking-age Scandinavia, the human race is given a second chance. Pursued by the power-hungry King Harald, the four surviving crew members join a ragtag band of Vikings as they pillage their way across Europe. To save humanity, they must somehow return to the stars. Thus begins a decades-long effort to teach the Vikings to build a craft capable of reaching space - a ship that will come to be known as the Iron Dragon.

5 out of 5 stars

Huge Kroese fan. I approve.

By
clayton p michaud
on
08-17-18

Odd Billy Todd

By:
N.C. Reed

Narrated by:
Christopher Lane

Length: 25 hrs and 17 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
489

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
468

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
467

Billy Todd has always been different. Most people called him odd, and those were the nice people. Though he was born with a learning disability, Billy's parents never allowed him to consider himself disabled. Raised to be self-sufficient, Billy might not be as smart as some, but he was a lot smarter than people realized.

5 out of 5 stars

Amazing - Can't Stop Listening!

By
Jeff Morrison
on
07-17-19

Alexander X

Battle for Forever, Book 1

By:
Edward Savio

Narrated by:
Wil Wheaton

Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,239

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,126

Story

4 out of 5 stars
2,123

Alexander Grant is a little too good at a few too many things. Two dozen martial arts. Twice that many languages. Chess, the piano, sports, forging excused absences, you name it. He graduated high school top of his class...seventeen times. Of course, no one knows any of this...when a mysterious cabal attempts to kidnap him and kill his friends, Alexander must use all his skills and centuries of training to outwit the most dangerous man alive, the mastermind of a plot that would change the world forever.

5 out of 5 stars

Totally enjoying Wheaton's performance

By
Schmeegle The Book Nerd
on
06-05-19

The Dawn of the Iron Dragon

An Alternate History Viking Epic (Saga of the Iron Dragon, Book 2)

By:
Robert Kroese

Narrated by:
J. D. Ledford

Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
52

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
50

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
50

In medieval Europe, three explorers from the distant future begin an ambitious project: to build a craft capable of reaching the stars. While their leader oversees the construction of a secret underground base in Iceland, the other two travel thousands of miles to negotiate with the rulers of Europe and recruit the most brilliant minds of the age. When the Iceland base comes under attack, the travelers try to return to defend their home, but they are trapped in Paris just as an army of 20,000 Vikings lays siege to the city.

The Paths Between Worlds

By:
Paul Antony Jones

Narrated by:
Kate Reading

Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
1,319

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,237

Story

4 out of 5 stars
1,230

For Meredith Gale, ending her life seems like her only choice, and that choice is the reason she’s dangling by her fingertips from a bridge high above the freezing water of the San Francisco Bay. But someone or some thing has other plans for Meredith, and as her fingers slip from the cold steel of the bridge, a disembodied voice asks her a simple question: “Candidate 13: Do you wish to be saved?” Realizing her mistake too late, Meredith screams “Yes!” and instantly finds herself transported to a mysterious island, alongside hundreds of other Candidates like her.

5 out of 5 stars

HOLY WOW!!

By
Willis Burns
on
03-20-19

Past Obsession

A Time Travel Thriller

By:
Richard Keith Taylor

Narrated by:
Paul Heitsch

Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
102

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
98

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
98

It's 1942 and talented young artist Emily Torrance is brutally murdered. Seventy-five years later, Jim Mercer, a reporter for the
LA Times, covers a J. Paul Getty Museum showing of Emily's work and is smitten by her self-portrait. Eventually becoming obsessed with the slain artist, Mercer investigates her murder and discovers something the cops of 1942 missed: evidence of Emily's killer, but more - proof of time travel.

5 out of 5 stars

A fast obsession with this time travel tale!!!!

By
Ray Johnson
on
03-22-18

Boy Gone

Boy Gone, Book 1

By:
Mark Wayne McGinnis

Narrated by:
James Patrick Cronin

Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
241

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
230

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
229

Mere minutes after arriving at their Nantucket family beach home, nine-year-old Scotty Sullivan was out the back door, scrambling toward the shore with Larry, the family dog, fast on his heels. Late in the afternoon in mid-spring, the typical summer beach crowd visitors were still weeks away. Suddenly, Scotty became aware of an odd-looking object, hovering just above the crashing surf. In an age of hobbyist’s drones and all sorts of flying gadgets, he wasn’t overly concerned until the large flying object moved much, much, closer.

5 out of 5 stars

Great viewpoint of first contact with our galactic neighbors

By
Merv
on
11-13-18

First of My Kind, 2nd Edition

By:
Marc Stevens

Narrated by:
Ramon De Ocampo

Length: 18 hrs and 2 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
490

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
456

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
457

First of My Kind is the story of Nathan Myers, a Missouri farm boy who, through a chain of events that happens halfway across the galaxy, finds his way from the seat of his Grandfather's tractor to the command of a starship from a lost super race. Nathan will tell you in his own words about the life and death struggles he encounters on his journey. He will tell you about the humor, peril, and pain of his galactic education.

4 out of 5 stars

Great start meh finish

By
Freel
on
08-19-18

A Tangled Road to Justice

Paladins of Distant Suns, Book 1

By:
Olan Thorensen

Narrated by:
Neil Hellegers

Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
154

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
148

Story

4 out of 5 stars
148

When former soldier Everett Cole signed on to help colony planets prepare for joining the Federation, his employers were more than a bit vague about their identity and his duties. Ditto when - 11 light-years from Earth - he met his partner, Edgar Millen, an enigmatic man with a fetish for the mythology and language of the American Wild West. It wasn’t until they reached the colony world of Astrild that the mission became clear (somewhat). Cole and Millen were hired guns, tasked with removing impediments to order and justice - the methodology left open-ended.

3 out of 5 stars

Fast-paced, space-western action-thriller

By
Nick Damato
on
05-12-19

Outland

By:
Dennis E. Taylor

Narrated by:
Ray Porter

Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
6,720

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
6,357

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
6,335

When an experiment to study quantum uncertainty goes spectacularly wrong, physics student Bill Rustad and his friends find that they have accidentally created an inter-dimensional portal. They connect to Outland - an alternate Earth with identical geology, but where humans never evolved. The group races to establish control of the portal before the government, the military, or evildoers can take it away. Then everything changes when the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts in an explosion large enough to destroy civilization and kill half the planet.

I made myself finish. Glad I did.

Waking in Time

By:
Angie Stanton

Narrated by:
Marie Chambers

Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
100

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
96

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
95

Abbi has just arrived at UW Madison for her freshman year. But on her second day, she wakes up to a different world: 1983. That is just the first stop on Abbi's journey backward through time. Will is a charming college freshman from 1927 who travels forward through time. When Abbi and Will meet in the middle, love adds another complication to their lives.

5 out of 5 stars

ROMANTIC TIME TRAVEL MYSTERY

By
Victoria Haugen
on
09-23-18

Forger of Worlds

By:
Simon Archer

Narrated by:
Lance Greenfield,
Melissa Moran

Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
110

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
105

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
106

Craft your own world. Trade with neighboring empires. Become a god. Garrett thought Terra Forma was just a game, but in reality, it was a test created by a devastatingly beautiful ancient goddess to find the most creative man in the universe. Now, in order to help her defeat an ancient primordial deity, Garrett will have to take a dirt rock and transform it into the heart of the most powerful empire the universe has ever seen. And to do that, he'll have to unlock portals to other worlds, harvest their resources, and bring back settlers to his world.

3 out of 5 stars

not good

By
Amazon Customer
on
09-10-19

Call Sign Reaper

The Chronicles of Benjamin Jamison, Book 1

By:
Thomas Wright

Narrated by:
Guy Williams

Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
244

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
231

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
230

After a dishonorable discharge from the military on trumped-up charges, all Ben wanted to do was stay under the radar and be left alone. Someone with his talents and training is not soon forgotten or left alone. Ten months of peace and quiet are about to come to an end, starting with a bar fight and a visit from a special operations officer with orders to bring him back into the fold.

5 out of 5 stars

Fun and enjoyable! A pure delight!!

By
Steven Gale
on
06-12-19

An Oblique Approach

Belisarius Saga, Book 1

By:
Eric Flint,
David Drake

Narrated by:
Pete Bradbury

Length: 15 hrs and 1 min

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
27

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
24

Story

5 out of 5 stars
24

In Northern India, the Malwa have created an empire of unexampled evil. Guided or possessed by an intelligence from beyond time, with new weapons, old treachery, and an implacable will to power, the Malwa will sweep over the whole Earth. Only three things stand between the Malwa and their plan of eternal domination: the empire of Rome in the East, Byzantium; a crystal with vision; and a man named Belisarius, the greatest commander Earth has ever known....

5 out of 5 stars

Finally

By
Bugra M Gezer
on
08-16-19

Publisher's Summary

American scientist Matt Miller has been torn from his own century and dumped into colonial Virginia with only his backpack and his wits. He has come to terms with where he is and when and has surrounded himself with new friends but has also made an enemy who has sworn his destruction.

Matt now leaves Virginia to make his fortune in Philadelphia, with the hope of returning and claiming the hand of the woman he loves. It seems predestined that he has been dropped into this new century to succeed on a grand scale. He soon finds that a sworn enemy in colonial America is no small thing.

A compelling sequel

I was happy to have the second audio book available so soon after completing the first. The author paints another compelling storyline following Matt Miller as he establishes himself as a man worthy of a woman’s love. I’m looking forward to the next chapter of this journey and hope that the wait for the third book is as equally short as it was for the second.

Wonderful! Even Better Thank Book One!

After finishing Matt Miller in the Colonies, Book 1 last week, I couldn't wait to learn the 'rest of the story.' I consumed Book 2 over the weekend and loved every second of the audio book.

The introduction of Benjamin Franklin into the plot was surprising and effective. And the continued development of the lives of other time travelers opens up many possibilities for Book 3.

Congratulations to Mark for another outstanding story. I'll be among the first listeners to the next installment. And, based on Franklin's letter at the end of the book, things are getting very interesting in England!

Love this series

As a US History major, I always am distracted by glaring inconsistencies in historical fiction. Rose did a great job keeping an authentic grounding while working in a great time travel story. Of course he had to take a few liberties but any scenario could be plausible when transporting back to the 1770’s. Thanks for a fun journey.

Book2 is much better than Book1 and Book3 = best

This review is more of a review for the entire trilogy and deliberately so. That's because The Journeyman - book 1 - is so slow and plodding and wrapped in only the thinnest veneer of time travel that I quit reading it three times and then only finished book 1 out of grudging spite. But book two - The Prophet - gets notably better in plot, character evolution and a slightly more plausible time travel theme.

By book 3 - The Virginian - the story moves with a compelling narrative, intertwining character engagement and rapid pace that defies the previous lethargy in book 1 - it is well worth the wait and commitment.

This book - #2 in the trilogy - The Prophet - is where the story really starts to move and the characters explored in a depth and complexity that makes more sense and drives the story - a failing of book 1.

So my guidance is to wade through The Journeyman and get to The Prophet and you will be rewarded with an interesting character tale that weighs the personal values of early settlers vs modern America (although avoiding the horrors of slavery and thereby losing a notable degree of credibility for the earlier era) and delivers an enjoyable plot line that carries the listener along the journey willingly. Still thin on 'time travel' creds, it still merits a solid read with payoff at the end of each book and a full accounting in book 3.

Also a word on the author's narration which is mentioned - negatively - in various reviews. I did not find it a problem and thought Rose did an admirable job that did not interfere with the enjoyment of the book. No, he is not as good as many of the pro's whose voices move between male and female, character to character flawlessly (Roberto Scarlato!) and effortlessly but his voice matches the main character and was perfectly acceptable and better than some.

Still good! Nervous about book 3

First, let me say that this series deserves a professional narrator. It is read by the author and the difference between him and a professional is glaring.

So I wrote a review of book 1 (before listening to book 2) saying how I loved the "slice of life" pacing and the more practical aspects to just surviving and making a living in the 1760s. I said how much I enjoyed the fact that it didn't fall into tropes like meeting famous people like Ben Franklin (I actually mentioned his name) and didn't try to go off in an alternate history direction like Eric Flints 1632 series.

So that held for the first half of this book. And I continued to enjoy it! Like really enjoy it! If you liked the first book, and the first half of this one, may I also take the time to recommend the Japanese tv series "JIN" (or it's Korean remake I suppose).

But then, the MC meets (minor spoiler) Ben Franklin (*hah*) and he becomes a minor character. But at first, it wasn't as cliche as I thought it might be, but then towards the end of the book the setup for book 3 beings. Textbooks from 2016 are lost (literally an Eric Flint 1632 plot point), someone in the UK is trying to change history! (sigh). Ben Franklin (and this other fellow in the UK) might succeed and get the Parliament to reform further and let American Colonists vote their own MPs into Parliament! Of course, if the MC thought for like 3 seconds, he would realize that this would be a great outcome! For one, It would avoid several wars, including the Civil War (since slavery would be abolished 30 years earlier in 1833).

Secondly, the British had better relations with the American Indians so there would be less wholesale slaughter of them.

But the MC can't think past USA USA USA. So I think we are doomed to seeing the MC playing time cop in book 3. I hope not. I really liked book 1 and most of book 2....